Guest Post by Anna Aamone Most kids are definitely not into cleaning but are very good at creating a perfect mess around your home. How to solve this problem? Maybe if you craft a cute little cleaning kit, specially designed for your child’s use, this will motivate the little one and help them become more involved […]

Have you been looking for a way lately to encourage your children to behave their best? By recognizing their good behavior rather than focusing on their bad behavior kids will be encouraged to be more helpful and better listeners. Try using rewards charts so that they have a visual reminder of how they have been behaving. […]

I have been working on establishing better eating habits for my kids this past week. My kids are grazers and would rather snack throughout the day then sit and have a meal. However, this has become a problem because when they grab a snack whenever they want then when meal time comes they aren’t hungry. […]

For children, it is easy for every day to feel like the best day. They don’t compare each day to the ones that have passed or ones that will come someday. They take pleasure in the simple things and find enjoyment and wonder in everything around them. While I love special occasions and planning fun activities […]

I hear that you should only write about things that you are passionate about. Well, I think I can honestly say that I passionately dislike doing laundry. With a family of six, laundry feels never ending. I can spend a whole day sorting, washing, drying and putting away laundry only to have enough dirty clothes […]

Am I the only one who has a hard time trying to get information out of their kids about what they did at school all day? Each day as I pick up my daughter from Kindergarten, I inquire about her day. She always has about the same answer or tells me she doesn’t remember . […]

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